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Interesting. I will reserve my judgement until i have a chance to see GI Joe. At least it's good to see SOME forward movement. I could really care less about his "Step-Up" history. Then again, before he directed Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson was known for a movie about puppets killing and sleeping with each other, so you never know what abilities a director may have previously untapped.

I think some are not seeing the whole picture, a movie will help a lot to the property and that is what most interests me.
ok Transformers movies are bad, really really bad but they helped the transformers property a lot . two new series, several toys lines ,videogames , children love transformers,all because the movies , I want that with motu.

It'll be a wait and see. If G.I. Joe Retaliation is pretty good, then Chu as a director for MOTU could be a good thing. No Michael Bay or that other horrible director that ruins video game movies - Uwe Bol (I think thats his name). There are many theories as to why the film was pushed to 2013 - 3D conversion, rewriting of Duke's supposed death, superhero films taking over the Summer, to even politics (terrorist organization taking over the White House in an election year).. but G.I. Joe #2 is looking solid and I'm keeping one positive eye on it with the other ever watchful.

With Chu potentially directing Motu, will Channing Tatum be cast as He-Man?

Secondly...how do you know he ruined GI Joe? It hasn't come out yet.
He didn't direct the first one. Stephen Sommers did.

Because it just looks down right terrible and Roadblock is a ninja commando. Roadblock is NOT a ninja commando. Plus, it is a sequel to one of the worst movies ever made, a movie that makes Transformers Revenge of the Fallen look like The Dark Knight. There is no way the movie can be anywhere near good except when compared to Rise of Cobra. Oh yeah, and the other reason I know it is bad is because they pushed it back a month before its release date by 9 months. That clearly shows they were banking on just it being named GI Joe and having Rock and Willis in there to make its money. If I wanted to, the delay gave me enough time to knock up my girlfriend so my baby could have its first disappointment.

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Originally Posted by zodak74

Good to see the writers of Predators are the ones still attached to the flick. I know that was announced ages ago, and I guess I just assumed somebody else took over writing duties!

The writers of Predators? Oh god.

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Originally Posted by King Tycho

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Tatum might actually make for a good He-Man!

I want people who can actually act in my MOTU movie. Not halfassed losers that are given roles for their looks like Sam Worthington and Channing Tatum.

In fact, just get the actors from Game of Thrones for He-Man. Jason Momoa and Emilia Clark would be awesome as He-Man and Teela. Plus, having Sean Bean as Man-At-Arms can mean he will still be able to play a character that will eventually die.

Last edited by Dr Kain; July 31, 2012 at 02:52am.

Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.

There will be no sword fight or physical fight, but dance fight between He-Man and Skeletor.
It will turned into musical, with some contemporary Pop, Teen Pop & Urban R&B Music.
Jock (With lack of intelligence and an eye candy male) will be He-Man like Tatum.
The theme song will not be a tribal or some epic soundtrack but more like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black'ish theme song.

And so it begins .... MOTU is reimagined for the big screen and cast with flavors of the moment actors who physically are not half the ferocity and stature we associate with the characters popular & iconic looks. The vastness of Eternia will boil down to some CGI enhanced forests in Vancouver B.C. and maybe a desert and some well designed soundstages. Gone is the iron cross. Stakes are non existent in a family film where factions cannot cinematically wage warfare without offscreen kills and bloodless sword fights.

Oh and the best part ... Mattel can KILL Classics because it's bringing a new movie line to stores so it's resources will be focused on both a sub par kid friendly line and a new Movie Masters 'Masters' collector line that is difficult to collect because of non-sensical pack outs and beloved CHASE/VARIANT figures.

But maybe EVERY mistake Hollywood and big toy companies ever made with these kinds of projects won't happen this time. Perhaps this will be the new golden era of film/merchandise driven entertainment and Masters will finally get some mainstream respect ... or not ...

Admittedly, I don't know a lot about making movies, but if the script is strong, shouldn't that help keep the director from doing crazy stuff? I know the director has a strong hand, but if we consider G.I. Joe for example, the basic story of the first movie wasn't very good. And it's hard to polish a you-know-what!

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I wouldn't jump to conclusions based on his previous films. Recent case in point would be Kevin Tancharoen. His first movie was that FAME remake along with some work with Spears and Madonna. Then he turns around and with money out of his own pocket (and some friends pitching in) dropped that shocker of a short that no one saw coming, MORTAL KOMBAT: REBIRTH on YouTube (which later grew into the MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY series).

Guys like Tancharoen and Chu are examples of directors who want to do something else, something AWESOME, but they have to pay their dues first before studios will sign on the dotted line. Chu in interviews said he used to play with the Joe figures and acted out battles with them, so he at least knew the line going in (unlike Bay with TRANSFORMERS). And if he played with Joes, it's possible that he played with MOTU as well (which is highly probable as he was born in 1979).

Of course I'd much rather have Peter Jackson behind the camera for this one, but he's a little busy right now. Now if Guillermo del Toro could do it.......

There are only four directors that should be allowed to touch MOTU. Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon, or Chris Nolan. Jon Chu wrecked GI Joe, we do not need him to **** up MOTU.

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That is like saying poop with hot fudge tastes better than poop with urine. In the end, poop is still poop. You can only go up from Rise of Cobra, but that does not mean Retaliation is going to be good as a movie.

Michael Bay presents Jon M. Chu's "He-man: Master of the Universe" with Channing Tatum as Adam Masters, Jessica Biel as Teela, Robert Pattinson as the misunderstood Keldor and Zach Galifianakis as Orko. Bloated special effects, dazzling fencing and Bay-provisational comedy collde! Some summer!

Oh my..... sounds absurd, but this could actually happen. Mattel has shot down so many scripts already, I'm hoping it means they actually care what happens with this project and wouldn't let that happen. But hey, it's Mattel. They are terrible with story development.